# MacDougall (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/macdougall/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,296 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,725 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 71,868 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.7% (4,143 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Scottish Gaelic Mac (“son of”) + Dougal.

## Who carries it

Share of people named MacDougall in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named MacDougall in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named MacDougall

- Duncan MacDougall, American physician (1866-1920)
- Lewis MacDougall, British actor
- Ranald MacDougall, American screenwriter (1915-1973)

## Similar surnames

McDougal, McDougall, McDougle, McDougald, McCutcheon, Maestas, Moskowitz, McCutchen, Moctezuma, Mestas, McTaggart, McTigue.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.